Westchester Restorations 95% Complete by 7 P.M. on Monday
Con Edison crews have restored power to the more than 166,800 of the approximately 173,700 customers whose service was impacted by extreme weather events from record-breaking heat to severe thunderstorms with destructive wind gusts.
Con Edison crews continue working around the clock to bring the lights back on for customers.
Ninety-five percent of Westchester customers affected by the Fourth of July storms are expected to be restored by Monday July 6 at 7 p.m. The cities of Yonkers, Mount Vernon, Rye and New Rochelle experienced the greatest number of storm-related outages.
As of 11 p.m. Con Edison crews are working to restore service:
- In Westchester to approximately 2,600 customers.
- In the Bronx to approximately 250 customers.
- In Queens to approximately 1,000 customers.
- In Brooklyn to more than 2,300 customers.
- In Staten Island to approximately 60 customers.
For the most up to date restoration information check the Con Edison Outage Map.
For individual restoration times, customers can sign up for text alerts at coned.com/text or check the Con Edison outage map.
Restoration Plan
The priority for restoration will be critical customer facilities that have an impact on the public, such as mass transit, hospitals, police and fire stations, and sewage and water-pumping stations. Crews will then prioritize repairs that will provide power to the largest numbers of customers as quickly as possible, then move on to restore smaller groups and individual customers.
Reporting An Outage
Customers can sign up for text alerts at coned.com/text. Customers can also report outages and check service restoration status at conEd.com/reportoutage, or with Con Edison’s mobile app for iOS or Android devices, or by calling 1-800-75-CONED (1-800-752-6633).
When reporting an outage, have your Con Edison account number available, if possible.
Customers who report outages will receive updates from Con Edison with their estimated restoration times as they become available. Information on outages and restoration times is also available at the Con Edison outage map. Watch an outage map tutorial video here.
Safety Tips
- If you see downed electrical wires, do not go near them. Report them to Con Edison and your local police department immediately.
- Treat all downed wires as if they are live. Never attempt to move them or touch them with your hands or any object. Be mindful that downed wires can be hidden from view by tree limbs, leaves or water.
- Members of the public also should avoid transformers that are brought to the ground. The transformers are gray metal drums attached to the wires and poles.
- Follow the manufacturer’s instructions for installing and using a portable generator. Never plug a generator into a wall unit, use it indoors, or set it up outdoors near open home windows or air-handling vents.
- If a power line falls on your car while you’re in it, stay inside the vehicle and wait for emergency personnel.
- If your power goes out, disconnect or turn off appliances that would otherwise turn on automatically when service is restored. If several appliances start up at once, the electric circuits may overload.
- Charge your cellphones and other mobile devices while you have power.
- Check to make sure your flashlights and any battery-operated radios are in working order. Make sure you have a supply of extra batteries.
